Luguentz Dort vs. Kevin Love Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Love and Luguentz Dort, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Luguentz Dort played 7 years in the NBA, 11 less than Kevin Love, who played 18. Luguentz Dort had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Kevin Love had his rookie season in 2008-09. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Luguentz Dort	Kevin Love
Season	2019-20	2008-09
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luguentz Dort	36	22.8	6.8	0.7	1.6	2.3	0.8	0.9	0.1	0.6	2.7	2.4	6.1	.394	0.8	2.8	.297	1.2	1.5	.792
difference:	+45	+2.5	+4.3	+2.7	+4.1	+6.8	+0.2	+0.5	+0.5	-0.9	-0.2	+1.5	+2.4	+.065	+0.8	+2.6	+.192	+2.1	+2.6	+.003
Kevin Love	81	25.3	11.1	3.4	5.7	9.1	1.0	0.4	0.6	1.5	2.5	3.9	8.5	.459	0.0	0.2	.105	3.3	4.1	.789
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luguentz Dort	6	29.2	12.5	0.8	2.8	3.7	1.0	0.3	1.0	2.5	4.2	4.5	12.7	.355	2.2	8.3	.260	1.3	2.5	.533
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Luguentz Dort	Kevin Love
Season	2021-22	2010-11
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luguentz Dort	51	32.6	17.2	0.7	3.4	4.2	1.7	0.9	0.4	1.7	2.9	5.7	14.2	.404	2.5	7.7	.332	3.2	3.7	.843
difference:	+22	+3.2	+3.0	+3.8	+7.3	+11.0	+0.8	+0.3		-0.4	-0.9	+0.9	+0.1	+.066	+1.3	+4.8	+.085	+2.6	+3.1	+.007
Kevin Love	73	35.8	20.2	4.5	10.7	15.2	2.5	0.6	0.4	2.1	2.0	6.6	14.1	.470	1.2	2.9	.417	5.8	6.8	.850
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Luguentz Dort nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Luguentz Dort	Kevin Love
Season	2022-23	2011-12
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luguentz Dort	74	30.7	13.7	1.7	2.9	4.6	2.1	1.0	0.3	1.2	3.3	4.6	11.8	.388	1.8	5.5	.330	2.7	3.5	.772
difference:	+19	+8.3	+12.3	+2.4	+6.3	+8.7	+0.1	+0.1	+0.2	-1.1	-0.5	+4.0	+7.5	+.060	+0.1	+0.4	+.042	+4.2	+4.9	+.052
Kevin Love	55	39.0	26.0	4.1	9.2	13.3	2.0	0.9	0.5	2.3	2.8	8.6	19.3	.448	1.9	5.1	.372	6.9	8.4	.824
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Luguentz Dort nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 6
	Luguentz Dort	Kevin Love
Season	2024-25	2013-14
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luguentz Dort	71	29.2	10.1	1.3	2.9	4.1	1.6	1.1	0.5	0.7	2.9	3.6	8.4	.435	2.4	5.8	.412	0.5	0.6	.717
difference:	+6	+7.1	+16.0	+1.6	+6.7	+8.4	+2.8	+0.3		-1.8	-1.1	+4.8	+10.1	+.022	+0.1	+0.8	+.036	+6.3	+7.6	+.104
Kevin Love	77	36.3	26.1	2.9	9.6	12.5	4.4	0.8	0.5	2.5	1.8	8.4	18.5	.457	2.5	6.6	.376	6.8	8.2	.821
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luguentz Dort	23	29.0	7.9	1.4	2.5	3.9	0.9	1.3	0.4	0.9	3.3	2.6	7.1	.366	2.1	6.1	.343	0.6	1.0	.636
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Kevin Love played 11 seasons more than Luguentz Dort in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 18, from 2016 to 2026—Kevin Love played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 11 extra years over Luguentz Dort, Kevin Love got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game